BUSINESS STRATEGY
Does your organisation need to pivot ? Here ’ s how to do so collaboratively
Many people have mixed feelings about workplace collaboration . Social Psychologist , Deb Mashek , draws on her experience as a relationships researcher and collaboration facilitator to reveal everything you need to know to make workplace collaborations less painful and more productive . She offers five steps to making a road map for collaborative pivots .
Some business pivots must unfold quickly . In such instances , leaders make the best decisions they can with the information currently available . The Great COVID Shutdown of March 2020 is a case in point .
Other pivots , while no less important and clearly needed , unfold over longer periods . Questions about if and how to return to the office and how best to create equitable workplaces are obvious examples .
When looking to address big questions like these , executives can choose to make a truly collaborative pivot by engaging a wide range of perspectives to generate inspired possibilities and building both authentic buy-in and strong relationships along the way .
The five steps below offer a road map for making collaborative pivots .
Step 1 . Explore possibilities by asking , ‘ What should we do ?’
No single person within any organisation is predestined to have the best idea . Step one thus www . intelligentcxo . com
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